Emanuel toman



(No Model.)

B. TOMAN.

CIGAR BUNGH PRESS. No. 251,390. Patented Dec. 27,1881.

INVENTOR':

BY JLKWW 9 ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMANUEL TOMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND LEOPOLD HERZ, OF SAME PLACE.

CIGAR-BUNCH PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,390, dated December 27, 1881.

Application filed May 11, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMANUEL TOMAN, of the city, county, and State of New-York, have invented a new and Improved Press for Cigar- Bunches, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved press for pressing cigarbunches.

The invention consists in a bed-plate or mold with a series of recesses or grooves to receive the cigar-bunches in its upper surface combined with a follower with corresponding grooves or recesses in its under surface, this follower being attached to a rod suitably guided in a transverse bar of the apparatus, and provided with a knob at the upper end and with projections orarms near thelowerend, to which projections the loose ends of spiral springs are attached, contained in suitable frames on the transverse bar of the apparatus, these springs drawing the follower upward. The cross-bar in which the follower-rod is guided is provided with a latch or bolt for locking the follower in any desired position.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a cross-sectional elevation of my improved press for cigar-bunches. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, showing a. slight modification of the follower; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a part of the same.

Similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts.

The bed-plate or mold A is provided with a series of grooves or recesses, B, of the shape of a cigar, in its upper surface, and the follower 0 is provided with corresponding grooves in its under surface. The follower may be of the same width as the bed-plate A, as shown in Fig. 2, or may be narrower, as shown in Fig. 1. The rod D, attached to the top of the follower G, is guided in the transverse bar E (No model.)

of the flame of the apparatus. This rod D is provided at its upper end with a button or knob, F, and near the lower end with two arms or projections, G G, to which are attached the loose ends of the spiral springs H H, attached to small shafts J of the frames or casings K K, suspended from the transverse bar E. The rod D is provided with a collar, L, rigidly attached theret l, which serves as a check to prevent the follower from being depressed too far, as the bunches would otherwise be injured. The transverse bar E is provided with a sliding latch or bolt, M, which is passed into recesses in the rod D,and locks the same in any desired position.

The operation is as follows: The bunches are placed in the recesses in the mold A,and then .the follower O is depressed by pressing on the knob F. The follower is locked in this position by means of the latch or bolt M. The bunches are pressed between the bed-plate A and the follower (Land remain in this position for twentyfour hours or longer; and when the bunches are pressed sufficiently the latch M is withdrawn, when the springsjfl will draw the follower upward, and the pressed bunches can be removed and fresh bunches can' be placed in the press.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a press for cigar-bunches, the combination, with the base-plate A, provided with recesses or grooves B, of the follower G, the rod D, the springs H, the transverse bar E, the collar L on the rod D, and the sliding latch or bolt M on the transverse bar E, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. 7

EMANUEL TOMAN. Witnesses:

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